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By ECRA Bloggers on 26/04/2012 08:24

Highlighting data on CEO-to-worker pay ratios at certain Fortune 50 companies.

By ECRA Bloggers on 25/04/2012 08:12

How land grabs are causing misery around the world.

By ECRA Bloggers on 24/04/2012 07:36

Just where does all that stuff come from?

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/04/2012 08:45

AGM season's here - vote with your money

By ECRA Bloggers on 18/04/2012 11:34

But what next for the campaign?

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/04/2012 10:06

Launch of global campaign to end cosmetics testing on animals

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/04/2012 08:19

Olympic sponsors targeted over environmental record

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/04/2012 14:54

Support Real Nappy Week

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/04/2012 08:21

New research exposes lack of action on responsible investment

By ECRA Bloggers on 11/04/2012 13:18

Companies failing to come clean

By ECRA Bloggers on 30/03/2012 13:00

Saturday 31st March, 8.30pm is Earth Hour

By ECRA Bloggers on 27/03/2012 08:30

Video from Al Jazeera

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/03/2012 10:02

Audio from the Tax Justice Network

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/03/2012 17:22

New from hiSbe

By ECRA Bloggers on 06/03/2012 14:15

Could cost £5 billion in tax revenue

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/03/2012 09:16

Pledge to Move Your Money Now!

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/02/2012 11:04

Editor Rob Harrison on our new banking report

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/02/2012 12:59

As bank pays out huge bonuses people queue to withdraw cash

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/02/2012 11:12

Email Nick Clegg before crucial vote on 23rd Feb

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/02/2012 12:00

Protestors queue outside Barclays to move their money

By ECRA Bloggers on 06/02/2012 15:43

Make Wealth History campaign combats the anti-tax propaganda

By ECRA Bloggers on 03/02/2012 12:29

Break up with Barclays

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/02/2012 09:27

See what Mary Poppins has to say about building a better banking system

By ECRA Bloggers on 31/01/2012 13:47

New campaign kicks off on London's South Bank

By ECRA Bloggers on 30/01/2012 17:42

Human and environmental abuses from the tar sands industry alleged

By ECRA Bloggers on 27/01/2012 14:09

Bank hit by US wide actions over private prison investments.

By ECRA Bloggers on 26/01/2012 16:40

The companies profiting from spying on citizens revealed

By ECRA Bloggers on 26/01/2012 16:27

Loopholes used to avoid millions in tax

By ECRA Bloggers on 25/01/2012 14:19

Solar plans still judged to be illegal

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/01/2012 14:19

Petition to cap RBS bonuses

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/01/2012 16:31

Lack of acceptance from consumers cited

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/01/2012 16:20

Public meeting on Tuesday 17th Jan to discuss the plans

By ECRA Bloggers on 12/01/2012 15:19

A stark reminder of the UK’s responsibility for climate change

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/01/2012 15:29

A glimpse inside the machine

By ECRA Bloggers on 06/01/2012 11:24

Avaaz begin new campaign to pressure PM

By ECRA Bloggers on 05/01/2012 14:38

Cast your vote for the six shortlisted companies in the 'Peoples' award

By ECRA Bloggers on 03/01/2012 15:23

Sign the petition to restrict sale of porn to licensed shops

By ECRA Bloggers on 07/12/2011 18:12

GM Freeze Press Release

Resistance in maize pest reported in four states

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/11/2011 16:27

This autumn saw us make two interesting conference appearances

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/11/2011 16:24


Benetton responds to Clothing buyers guide

By ECRA Bloggers on 24/11/2011 16:25

Saturday 26th November is Buy Nothing Day

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/11/2011 14:09

Stop the EU from delaying animal testing ban

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/11/2011 16:12

Tax havens and public service providers

By ECRA Bloggers on 07/11/2011 12:16

Toy company removes rainforest destroyer from its supply chain

By ECRA Bloggers on 02/11/2011 17:35

A new US campaign against for-profit banking is spreading around the world

By ECRA Bloggers on 26/10/2011 13:52

But subsidy for large projects cut

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/10/2011 14:49

Mattel drops rainforest packaging

By ECRA Bloggers on 13/10/2011 13:23

Anti-Slavery International video highlights the use of child labour

By ECRA Bloggers on 15/09/2011 14:38

Find out who's best in our buyers' guide

By ECRA Bloggers on 14/09/2011 10:37

Toxics is so last season

By ECRA Bloggers on 05/09/2011 09:39

Ethical Consumer looks at the ethics of PFI contractors

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/08/2011 11:27

Collecting data on companies and products

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/08/2011 11:10

Coffee shops buyers' guide now free to view

By ECRA Bloggers on 15/08/2011 11:08

 Hundreds walk out over wages.

 

By ECRA Bloggers on 03/08/2011 12:58

Viva! undercover investigation of dairy farms who supply Cadbury

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/08/2011 11:49

The last of the major UK tuna companies to become more sustainable

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/07/2011 10:48

Join the 'spuds don't work' rally Saturday 23rd July, Norwich

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/07/2011 09:45

Applications accepted from 1st August

By ECRA Bloggers on 18/07/2011 11:27

Almost 70% of people in the UK don't let environmental concerns influence their holiday choices.

By ECRA Bloggers on 14/07/2011 14:24

Is the fish you buy supplied by Icelandic whalers?

By ECRA Bloggers on 11/07/2011 10:11

Greenpeace campaign takes effect

By ECRA Bloggers on 06/07/2011 14:42

Advertisers withdrawals show not all publicity is good publicity.

By ECRA Bloggers on 30/06/2011 11:40

Help stop VW opposing European fuel efficiency laws

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/06/2011 09:32

 

Its not just Bono and Vodafone that are trying to avoid paying tax.

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/06/2011 10:28

Mining company pays out millions after 2 decade court battle

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/06/2011 14:58

Campaigners respond to BBC's apology

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/06/2011 14:39

Chinese factory criticised for worker safety

By ECRA Bloggers on 07/06/2011 08:10

 

New Ethical Consumer website

By ECRA Bloggers on 06/06/2011 08:38

 

Greenpeace take on toy makers over rainforest destruction

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:15

 

Join the boycott on Saturday 14th May

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:14

 

We reveal the top 5 ethical sweets

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:12

 

We name the most sustainable furniture shops and garden furniture

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:10

UK Consumers are urged to think twice about buying fish potentially sourced from Thailand's 'floating prisons'.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:08

 

EU and Indonesia finalise new trade agreement to restrict the flow of illegal timber into Europe.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:06

 

Home of the worlds largest wild salmon fishery is now the proposed home for the largest open pit mine in North America.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:05

 

UNIQLO tackles child labour - with parental discipline

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:04

 

Check out this You Tube video from Hungry beast.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:03

 

Morrison's have become the last of the supermarket giants to succumb to consumer demand for more ethical standards in Tuna fishing.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 10:02

 

UN backed Carbon Credit schemes linked to violence in Honduras.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 09:48

 

Interest rate on ECRA shares rises to 4% p.a.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 09:44

 

A prominent human rights activist and lawyer is being sued for defamation by a Japanese Electronics company.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 09:42

 

Responsible soy called into question

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 09:35

 

Take part in Labour Behind the Label's demo' outside next meeting of the International Olympic Committee

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/06/2011 09:33

 

New website uncovers pricing morality

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:31

 

Two-thirds of the top 100 brands are failing on climate change, according to latest research

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:30

 

Company to face compensation claims in India.

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:28

 

The truth about high street coffee shops

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:26

 

Ecuadorian judge rules oil company is responsible for 'Amazon Chernobyl'.

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:25

 

Killer process still prevalent in the clothes industry

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:24

 

Pub reaps the rewards after profit pledge

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:22

 

Find out who's the most ethical in our new Buyers' Guide to computers and monitors

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:20

 

Great animation on the life cycle of electronics.

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:18

 

Email Princes and join the Fish Fight campaign

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:15

 

New Greenpeace tuna league table and Channel 4's Big Fish Fight force sea change

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:12

 

Britons' spending on ethical goods rose by nearly a fifth over two years, despite economic downturn...

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/03/2011 16:09

 

New website uncovers pricing morality

By ECRA Bloggers on 03/01/2011 15:22

IKEA subsidiary may be the most dangerous wood furniture factory in the United States

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/12/2010 14:28

Record silver prices are driving plans for mines on sacred land of the Huichol people of Mexico

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/12/2010 14:43

Lack of policies makes companies vulnerable to shareholder activism

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/12/2010 14:32

Winners revealed

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/12/2010 09:49

Find out in our new buyers' guide to supermarkets

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/12/2010 10:03

NGOs attack sandblasting of new denim

By ECRA Bloggers on 13/12/2010 10:50

Protest against the tax dodgers

By ECRA Bloggers on 09/12/2010 12:46

Target companies for December

By ECRA Bloggers on 25/11/2010 15:14

Saturday November 27th 2010 is Buy Nothing Day in the UK.

By ECRA Bloggers on 24/11/2010 13:20

Recent attacks on Monsoon for discovering child labour miss the point, says Ethical Consumer

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/11/2010 17:50

UK garment factories are producing clothes for our high street in unacceptable conditions

By ECRA Bloggers on 11/11/2010 17:00

New buyer's guides to wine, beer and lager and spirits (whisky, gin, vodka, rum, brandy).

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/11/2010 12:15

Biggest annual increase in ethical finance for a decade

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/11/2010 12:05

Workers are producing expensive outdoor gear for poverty wages

By ECRA Bloggers on 09/11/2010 17:25

73% of UK public think that banks should have ethical lending policies

By ECRA Bloggers on 05/11/2010 14:54

The companies that signed the pro public spending cuts letter to The Telegraph

By ECRA Bloggers on 05/11/2010 13:06

Connect with your MP on 5 or 6 November to stop climate chaos

By ECRA Bloggers on 04/11/2010 10:00

The ballot boxes are now open

By ECRA Bloggers on 03/11/2010 10:49

Nestle have been accused of using an anti-obesity campaign to promote sugary products.

By ECRA Bloggers on 02/11/2010 09:23

Luxury fashion labels urged to cease trading with rainforest reptile leather suppliers

By ECRA Bloggers on 29/10/2010 14:36


Dutch pension fund PNO excludes ASDA-owner Wal-Mart over labour standards

By ECRA Bloggers on 29/10/2010 11:13

Protestors storm Vodafone in London over unpaid £6bn tax bill

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/10/2010 16:11

We find a small ray of sunshine amidst the gathering storm

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/10/2010 12:18

The value of the sustainable and responsible investment market in Europe has doubled from a value of €2.7 trillion in 2007 to €5 trillion in 2009.

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/10/2010 08:53

Fairfood International launch an online campaign inviting people to film themselves while eating.

By ECRA Bloggers on 11/10/2010 09:11
New film makes the case for Passivhaus low energy building in the UK
By ECRA Bloggers on 11/10/2010 08:55

The key companies violating tribal peoples’ rights worldwide

By ECRA Bloggers on 07/10/2010 13:33

Co-operatives are calling on Government to introduce a renewable heat incentive

By ECRA Bloggers on 30/09/2010 13:06

Food groups call for ban on adverts for animal antibiotics

By ECRA Bloggers on 29/09/2010 11:52

Groups make appeal to phone giant on eve of human rights conference

By ECRA Bloggers on 27/09/2010 13:56

Negotiations underway as unions seek to maximise impact of strike

By ECRA Bloggers on 27/09/2010 10:57

Chevron ship forced to stop on its way to Shetland

By ECRA Bloggers on 24/09/2010 10:56

Russia using pretext of pirated software and Microsoft to help stifle dissent

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/09/2010 10:07
Bryony Moore reports on the ethics at London Fashion Week.
By ECRA Bloggers on 13/09/2010 13:53

Are ethical products always more expensive? Does this make ethical shopping fun for the middle classes but unaffordable for many?

By ECRA Bloggers on 31/08/2010 14:42

Greenpeace activists have scaled Cairn Energy's oil rig

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/08/2010 14:53

Unsubstantiated charges of fomenting worker unrest

By ECRA Bloggers on 04/08/2010 13:24

Spanner in the works for Barclays Cycle Hire

By ECRA Bloggers on 04/08/2010 13:08

Three journalists have been freed following their arrest in mid-July in the Ivory Coast. 

By ECRA Bloggers on 29/07/2010 13:17

It's here, it's there, it's everywhere outdoor gear...

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/07/2010 12:52

Bangladesh minimum wage doubled, but it's not enough, say campaigners

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/07/2010 12:50

Nike bows to student pressure on severance pay

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/07/2010 12:32

Dominican Republic factory pays its workers three times the legal minimum

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/07/2010 14:21

Primark and others found paying low wages in Asia

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/07/2010 13:53

Woodland caribou face extinction in Alberta

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/07/2010 10:10

Haitian peasants say no to gift of seeds

By ECRA Bloggers on 12/07/2010 12:42

Greenpeace protests score another success

By ECRA Bloggers on 12/07/2010 10:32

Campaign for a UK ban followed by a Europe-wide ban

 

By ECRA Bloggers on 09/07/2010 09:08

Consumers kept in dark about food from animals fed on GM feed

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/06/2010 11:28

 

The Ethical Consumer team talk about the latest Outdoor Gear buyers' guide

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/06/2010 11:01

See who's best for fleeces, waterproof coats, walking boots, rucksacks, tents and sleeping bags

By ECRA Bloggers on 14/06/2010 11:13

Co-operatives across the UK are doing green living work with their members and supporters.

By ECRA Bloggers on 11/06/2010 16:41

Cross-party group of MPs call for investment funds to examine environmental risks

By ECRA Bloggers on 11/06/2010 16:28

Object to plans for palm oil burning power station

By ECRA Bloggers on 24/05/2010 08:30

Help save threatened sharks and turtles

By ECRA Bloggers on 18/05/2010 16:19

Greenpeace campaign moves on to HSBC

By ECRA Bloggers on 18/05/2010 13:10

Financial Times’ late call thwarts Amnesty’s campaign

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/05/2010 11:33

World Bank moratorium on palm oil funding to be reviewed

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/05/2010 10:19

Drive a little less for a week

By ECRA Bloggers on 13/05/2010 10:15

Richard Briers thanks Cameron and Clegg

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/05/2010 14:18

On 18 May, it’s Shell’s AGM. Help Amnesty shame Shell.

By ECRA Bloggers on 06/05/2010 09:42

Donate funds for a newspaper ad

By ECRA Bloggers on 27/04/2010 16:31

Make 1 in 4 nappy changes a reusable

By ECRA Bloggers on 15/04/2010 15:45

Significant numbers of investors supported the  tar sands resolution at BP's AGM today

By ECRA Bloggers on 15/04/2010 10:04

Survival International urges the sports company to disinvest

By ECRA Bloggers on 14/04/2010 11:12

BP’s AGM on 15th April will spotlight its controversial plans for Canadian tar sands projects.

By ECRA Bloggers on 13/04/2010 12:11

Slash your dogs carbon pawprint by cutting out meat

By ECRA Bloggers on 13/04/2010 09:07

Coca-Cola takes majority stake in British smoothie maker

By ECRA Bloggers on 06/04/2010 09:03

New short film on the destructive nature of the tar sands and what you can do.

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/04/2010 09:57

Greenpeace spoof ad is not for the squeamish...

By ECRA Bloggers on 30/03/2010 09:45

How fair trade is helping the worlds poorest

By ECRA Bloggers on 30/03/2010 09:24

EC in London for UK Aware

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/03/2010 10:32

Daily-updated buyers' guide now available to subscribers

By ECRA Bloggers on 17/03/2010 13:20

Kit Kat linked to rainforest destruction and orang-utan extinction

By ECRA Bloggers on 15/03/2010 10:33

One night only premiere

By ECRA Bloggers on 11/03/2010 10:11

Sugar cane production is linked to deforestation and slave labour

By ECRA Bloggers on 02/03/2010 10:23

Video nasty highlights the cruelty of hunting with hounds...

By ECRA Bloggers on 26/02/2010 11:54

Incentives for consumers to buy greener cars

By ECRA Bloggers on 24/02/2010 10:32

Campaign targets ASDA for failing to sell Fairtrade uniforms

By ECRA Bloggers on 23/02/2010 14:27

BP and Shell are facing a shareholder revolt over involvement in Canadian tar sands projects.

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/02/2010 13:48

Target of 85,000 swaps in the next two weeks

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/02/2010 12:38

Register your objection.

By ECRA Bloggers on 22/02/2010 12:28

Joseph Rowntree Trust sells shares in Vedanta mining company

By ECRA Bloggers on 15/02/2010 11:30

No more palm oil for candles and tealights

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/02/2010 16:11

Have your say on some knotty issues...

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/01/2010 14:35

Ecuador’s President threatens to allow exploitation

By ECRA Bloggers on 28/01/2010 13:53

Chevron refuses to clean up the Amazon's Chernobyl

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/01/2010 13:57

Set back for ethical consumers imminent

By ECRA Bloggers on 20/01/2010 11:14

Our research forum seeks users' experiences

By ECRA Bloggers on 15/01/2010 14:33

New free buyers' guides just uploaded

By ECRA Bloggers on 07/01/2010 12:13

Giant US pension investment group blacklists companies in protest at business links to the Sudanese government.

 

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/12/2009 12:29

Let us know what you think about nappies

By ECRA Bloggers on 21/12/2009 11:40

New ideas for challenging the festival of consumption

By ECRA Bloggers on 18/12/2009 19:50

Proposals to undermine the rights of parents come under fire

By ECRA Bloggers on 18/12/2009 19:46

Probe International launch carbon credits database

By ECRA Bloggers on 16/12/2009 14:34

UN carbon credits for destructive palm oil plantations

By ECRA Bloggers on 14/12/2009 16:50

Nestle's Kit Kats have gone Fairtrade

By ECRA Bloggers on 10/12/2009 12:09

Awards for dubious green claims

By ECRA Bloggers on 04/12/2009 10:34

Which is the worst corporate lobby group? You decide who has done most to disrupt climate talks in Copenhagen!

By ECRA Bloggers on 01/12/2009 10:35

Practical solutions to challenge the Copenhagen consensus?

By ECRA Bloggers on 19/11/2009 12:29

Instant access to information to help address the world's problems when you shop.

By ECRA Bloggers on 18/11/2009 10:49

Friends of the Earth nominate Perenco for 'Pinocchio Prize 2009'.

By ECRA Bloggers on 05/11/2009 15:55

Digital UK should tell the public to save the planet, and cash, and not throw out TVs.

 

By ECRA Bloggers on 29/10/2009 14:52

Digital TVs, Current and Savings Accounts now available on this site

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